The Vent

Congratulations on the fact-check article. I urge you to fact check statements made by some Writers Group columnists as there are many which are untrue.

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What did Barrack promise Hilary after the election for taking the heat? It must have been good.

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Mitt Romney is not a modern Mosses, as an opinion writer alleged in The Spectrum. Instead Romney spent his 25 years at Bain Capital making a personal fortune by slashing pay and benefits and firing U.S. workers. Romney also lead the effort to ship high-paying manufacturing jobs to China. So Romney in fact greatly helped to create the 47 percent of low-paid U.S. workers he now refers to with great hypocritical disdain as irresponsible moochers.

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Well, here we are coming into a weekend and gas jumps 10 cents a gallon. Tell me how they can justify that large price increase.

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The column by one writer talked about items to cut from the U.S. budget. He mentioned that he worked for a Fortune 500 company. Curious, he didn't mention cutting all the tax giveaways to corporations, business loopholes that allow him and his cronies to get multimillion bonuses. He didn't mention ignoring regulations so Wall Street crooks can play fast and loose with investors money. Like Mr. Romney, he only want to hurt those who don't have a lobby in Washington to fight for them.

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I moved here from another state, and I need to know if direction signals are an option when you buy a car in Utah, because no one uses them. Or they put it on as they are already moving into your lane. Also I think it would be a great public service for The Spectrum, to run an article what is the proper way to use a round about. Is it to attack and beat the other car out? Please explain what yield means, who really has the right of way, do you need to signal your intentions? Because it seems no one really knows the proper way to use these traffic issues.

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I've read some pretty outrageous things in The Spectrum over the years but when it's suggested that Mitt Romney is the next Moses I really have to laugh. I understand most of the local population think Mitt is something special but Moses? Really? When Mitt can part the Red Sea, talk to a burning bush and produce some golden tablets I might reconsider. In the meantime, he just another politician talking out of both sides of his face.

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We need to challenge the Cedar City gas stations to tell us why gas prices went up 12-plus cents for UEA weekend and have not come down? Why is gas 10 cents cheaper in Parowan and 33 cents cheaper in Mesquite.

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When the unemployment numbers go down with a Republican governor in office, he's doing a great job and should be re-elected. When the unemployment numbers go down with a Democrat as president, it's because people are frustrated and have stopped looking for work. You can't have it both ways folks.

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Are you kidding me? Tax dollars are subsidizing golf for the benefit of hotels and restaurants. I don't think they are hurting all that bad. What about subsidizing golf for residents in Santa Clara and Ivins? There's just so many ways this is wrong on so many levels. Let's get this back in line with reality?

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St. George needs to raise golf rates or scale back on golf courses. Do what it takes to be profitable without subsidizing golf. I wonder what city workers think about this?

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I have been listening to Sen. Hatch's debate on television. He keeps saying over and over that to get the government out of our lives. The government has been paying your wages for years and years.

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How would you like to be able to give yourself a raise every year. Our representatives and senators do it. Their approval rating is down to 12 percent.

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Most of your newspaper readers would rather have more letters and vents than cartoons that are not very funny.

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At long last, someone is calling Utah out. Linda Watt's Writers Group column (Oct. 23) hits the nail on the head. All you "self-reliant and fiercely independent" Republicans are the first ones in line for the benefits provided by that evil government. Social Security, Medicare, Supplemental Security Income, VA, FEMA, Downwinders, the list goes on and on. And then you have the nerve to talk about the good old days and how much you worry about our children's future. Yep, you got yours. Hypocrites.

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It's time for Utah to vote it's beloved values. Maintaining the lowest wages in the nation. (the 1 percent love a slave state) Investing the least amount in educating our children, all the while encouraging government subsidies for businesses because families must get food stamps or starve on the wages here. Voters don't need Romney to tell you that you are the worthless 47 percent. Utah values promise you that!

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The Democratic National platform is for "gay marriage." So if you are gay or a homosexual sympathizer, you may want to vote Democratic. However, if you believe in Bible morality you may have a conflict of interest voting for a policy which God has made clear, that He is not for. It's a good idea to compare your beliefs with your politics before you vote.

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Let me get this straight. A border patrol agent responds to an alarm at the border. He goes to investigate and starts shooting at fellow border patrol agents who he mistakenly thinks are illegal aliens. He hits one in the rear end, they return fire killing him. He is returned to Utah as a hero and given a motorcade that shuts down the freeway system to the cemetery. What am I missing?

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How ironic! The Boy Scouts will not allow gay leaders, but it's OK to abuse young men.

All you me-me's and give-me's and I-want-that think Barack is giving you all these freebies out of the kindness of his heart. You will pay the piper sooner or later. So remember when it's payback time. No whining.

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If you want an interesting and informative diversion at this election season, check out the Wikipedia write-up on the 1912 presidential election - a very raucous and controversial four way race. Lastly, you can spend a rewarding few minutes watching the first presidential debates of 1960 between Nixon and Kennedy on YouTube.

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It's a sad day for us in this country when we the American people see and hear our commander-in-chief, President Obama, resort to name calling in these debates and on his campaign trail. In our schools this is taught and referred to as "being a bully." We the American people need and deserve a president that is educated, well informed and has integrity, not one that is rude, childish and acts like a second-grader. You can disagree with dignity. Stay away from the bully.

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Congratulations on the fact-check article. I urge you to fact check statements made by some Writers Group columnists as there are many which are untrue. --- What did Barrack promise Hilary after the